Supply Chain Quality Manager

Supply Chain Quality Manager Location: Hybrid, based from Derby, Manchester or Warrington Salary: £63,750 - £78,750 dependent on experience + 12.5% bonus + £2,200 flexible allowance Our mission is to deliver clean, affordable energy for all. Rolls Royce SMR provides a British solution to a global energy challenge, leading the way in Small Modular Reactor technology and shaping the UK's premier green export opportunity. Our Supply Chain Quality function is fundamental to enabling a capable, compliant and high performing supply base that can safely and predictably support our first SMR delivery and future fleet deployment. Playing a critical assurance and governance role, Supply Chain Quality ensures that suppliers are fully approved, controlled, and aligned to stringent nuclear, regulatory and Rolls Royce SMR quality expectations. To strengthen this, we're looking for a Supply Chain Quality Manager to lead supplier approval, change governance, assurance activity and ongoing quality control across our expanding global supply chain. Reporting to the Head of Supply Chain Quality & Development, you'll provide leadership, oversight and direction to our Supplier Quality Professionals - ensuring that supplier assurance, compliance and quality governance is executed to the highest standard. What you'll be doing Lead supplier onboarding, qualification and approval, ensuring suppliers meet all required quality, regulatory and Supplier Management System Requirements (SMSR) before entering the supply chain. Ensure robust assurance, auditability, traceability and evidence quality underpin all supplier approvals and ongoing controls. Manage and allocate Supplier Quality Professionals to supplier assessments, surveillance activity and issue closure. Ensure non conforming products or services do not enter the business through strong assurance, governance and preventative controls. Govern supplier change control (product, process, tooling, location, sub tier), ensuring Zero Uncontrolled Change across all supplier activity. Lead resolution of supplier non conformances, concessions and escapes, ensuring effective containment, root cause analysis and corrective/preventative actions. Identify, assess and escalate supplier quality risks, maintaining predictable and stable external quality performance. Act as escalation point for suppliers and internal teams on assurance, onboarding, change control and governance matters. Build strong, trust based supplier relationships to support transparent conversations on quality, risk and compliance. Coordinate cross functional collaboration with Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing and Supplier Development to address supplier risks and performance gaps. Maintain high standards of evidence control, documentation, reporting discipline and adherence to wider quality and assurance frameworks. Feed lessons learned and improvement opportunities into central governance to drive continuous improvement. Lead, support and develop Supplier Quality Professionals, ensuring consistent assessment quality and strong one team behaviours. Champion a strong nuclear safety culture, operational discipline, integrity and high quality decision making. What you'll bring Significant experience in Quality, Supplier Quality or Assurance within a complex, regulated or industrial environment (e.g. nuclear, aerospace, defence, energy). Experience conducting structured supplier assessments, audits, issue investigations or assurance reviews. Strong understanding of Quality Management Systems and auditing (e.g. ISO 9001, ISO 19443, AS9100). Experience leading root cause analysis, corrective/preventative actions and structured problem solving (e.g. DMAIC, A3, 8D). Ability to interpret technical, regulatory and quality information to make clear, evidence based decisions. Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills with suppliers and internal functions alike. Experience working within strong governance, evidence based and compliance led environments. Degree (or equivalent experience) in Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing or a related technical discipline. Training in Lean, CI, auditing, risk management or operational assurance frameworks. Beneficial: Six Sigma Black Belt/Lean Practitioner, APQP/PPAP/FAIR, IRCA Lead Auditor, H&S training, and international or multi region supply chain experience. Location & Ways of Working This role can be based from our Derby, Manchester or Warrington office. We operate a hybrid working model with regular weekly office attendance expected. Some travel may be required based on supplier or programme needs. Salary: £63,750 - £78,750 depending on experience Bonus: 12.5% performance related bonus Allowance: £2,200 flexible benefits allowance You'll also receive: 12% employer pension (6% employee) 28 days annual leave + public holidays (option to buy/sell up to 4 days) Private Medical Insurance (BUPA) Life Assurance - 6 pensionable pay £250 home office setup payment You'll join a forward thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness and innovation, offering: A flexible, inclusive and supportive working environment Opportunities for development and career growth in a scaling business A culture built on diversity, collaboration and continuous learning You'll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness, and innovation. We offer:• A flexible, inclusive, and supportive working environment. • Opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business. • A culture that values diversity, innovation, and continuous learning.We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Inclusivity is important to us, and as a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you.Also, if you are considering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch - we welcome applications from people with transferable skills. Our Application Process Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening. These are:• Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance • Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check • Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check We are Rolls-Royce SMR A career with Rolls-Royce SMR offers a unique opportunity to contribute to an exciting organisation delivering a transformational mission. Rolls-Royce SMR is a radically different approach to proven nuclear technology. Each Rolls-Royce SMR power station will generate 470MW of low-carbon energy - equivalent to more than 150 onshore wind turbines and enough to power a million homes for over 60 years. With its Rolls-Royce SMRs will play a vital role in supporting renewable energy by helping to overcome intermittency and ensure a stable, sustainable energy future. We're proud to be one of the few employers that can genuinely say we're a strengths-based organisation. Our people are here because of what makes them exceptional - and our role is to help them make the most meaningful contribution of their careers, doing work they love. We offer opportunities that go beyond traditional career paths. At Rolls-Royce SMR you can develop your career by exploring roles and challenges that